Jon Rabben

Jon Rabben is a Partner at Wikborg Rein's Oslo office. He is head of the firm's Energy and Natural Resources group.

Rabben assists Norwegian and international clients within the energy sector, and his main areas of expertise are acquisitions, financing, negotiations, dispute resolution and regulatory requirements within this business segment. Jon Rabben's practice includes assistance to petroleum producers on the Norwegian continental shelf, producers of hydro electric power and businesses engaged in new renewable power. His portfolio also includes transactions within other business segments.

Rabben is recommended by Legal 500 and by Chambers and Partners as "Leaders in their field" in the categories Energy - Electricity.

Curriculum Vitae

Relevant experience:

• Mergers and acquisitions within the energy sector; including vertically integrated companies, power producers and distributors
• Assistance to power producers, grid operators and participants in the physical and financial power markets, establishment and financing of wind power production, small scale hydro, gas power, inter-connectors
• Transactions within the petroleum sector; stock exchange listings, merger and acquisition, sale of licence interests
• Financing of exploration activities and field development
• Assistance to participants on the Norwegian continental shelf, assistance to purchasers of gas from the NCS.
  

Work experience:

• 2008 - Partner, Wikborg Rein, Oslo
• 2000-2007 Senior Associate/Associate, Wikborg Rein, Oslo
• 1999-2000 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Tromsø
• 1997 - Lecturer and External Examiner University of Tromsø, University of Bergen and Norwegian School of Management, BI, Oslo
  

Directorships:

• Head of Wikborg Rein's Energy and Natural Resources group

Education:

• 2001 Practising Certificate
• 1999 Cand. jur., University of Tromsø